Beaches in Sydney

Sydney's Beaches are located along the city's Pacific Ocean coastline and also its harbours, bays and rivers. Sydney is renowned for its beaches which, with its warm climate, attract people almost all year round.

Sydney's ocean beaches include the internationally renowned Bondi, Coogee and Manly, while harbour beaches include Balmoral. The ocean beaches are usually divided into the Northern Beaches, located north of the entrance to Sydney Harbour and the southern beaches which are in the eastern suburbs and Cronulla area. Most beach suburbs have one beach but some have more. Manly has eight beaches that range from the large 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) Ocean Beach to the tiny Fairy Bower Beach.

There are also more beaches along the Hawkesbury River to the north, and Botany Bay and Port Hacking to the south.

Ocean beaches

Manly Beach

Elouera Beach Tower

Botany Bay beach with aircraft viewing area and Qantas jet on taxiway in background

From north to south, Sydney's ocean beaches are:

Northern Palm Beach Whale Beach Avalon Bilgola Newport Bungan Mona Vale Warriewood Turimetta North Narrabeen Narrabeen Collaroy Fishermans Long Reef Dee Why North Curl Curl Curl Curl Freshwater Queenscliff North Steyne Manly Fairy Bower Shelly Beach (Manly)

Southern Bondi Bronte Tamarama Clovelly Coogee Maroubra Malabar Little Bay La Perouse Phillip Bay Lady Robinson Beach Kyeemagh Brighton-Le-Sands Monterey Ramsgate Sans Souci Dolls Point Sandringham Congwong Little Congwong Kurnell Wanda Elouera North Cronulla Cronulla Cronulla Beach Shelly Beach (Cronulla)

Harbour beaches

Balmoral Beach

Beaches in Port Jackson include:

• Balmoral Beach
• Clontarf
• Little Manly Beach
• North Head Quarantine Station Beach
• Lady Bay Beach
• Camp Cove
• Nielsen Park
• Clifton Gardens
• Chinamans Beach
• Washaway Beach
• Obelisk Beach
• Edwards Beach

References

• Guide to Sydney Beaches
• "Sand in our Souls - the Beach in Australian History" Leone Huntsman, MUP, 2001